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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1850-1899George Grote to G. C. Lewis, 30 September 1852: 'Neither the work of Beaufort sur l'Histoire Romaine -- nor the works of the Abbe St. Pierre -- are to be got in Pari...George Grote Abbe St PierreAnnees PolitiquesPrint: Book
1700-1799'He [Johnson] was for a considerable time occupied in reading "Memoires de Fontenelle" leaning and swinging upon the low gate into the court, without his hat.' Samuel Johnson abbe TrubletMémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la vie et des...Print: Book
1700-1799Vol 7 On the Griphi and Impromptus (quotation) 'I was very large at my birth and likeways in old age; but very small when at maturity.' A Shadow. Such also is this 'The...Frances Hamilton Abbot BarthelemuTravels of Anacherbis the Younger in Greece during...Print: Book
1900-1945Harold and I are the subject of song in Hureidha at present. Old Abdulla the watch-mender came some evenings ago to present me with an ode in my honour. He had it o...Freya Stark Abdulla The watch-mender of Huraidha[Arabic qasida (praise poem) in praise of Freya St...Manuscript: Sheet
1900-1945'I have nearly finished "Confession d?un homme d?aujourd?hui". It is very good and helped me to pass a difficult Sunday.' Arnold Bennett Abel HermantConfessions d'un homme d'aujourdhuiPrint: Book
1700-1799'The men in these boats were dressed much as they are represented in Tasman's figure, that is, two corners of the cloth they wore were passed over their shoulders and fas...Joseph Banks Abel Jansen Tasman[unknown]Print: Book
1700-1799'This I should suppose to be the gum mentioned by Dampier in his voyage round the world, and by him compared with "Sanjuis draconis", as possibly also that which Tasman s...Joseph Banks Abel Janszoon Tasman[unknown]Print: Book
1850-1899'Reading "Le Roi des Montagnes" by Ed About' Albert Battiscombe About EdmondLe roi des MontagnesPrint: Book
1700-1799Read 2 plays after supper - 'The Guardian' and 'The Devil of a Wife'. Bed 1.Gertrude Savile Abraham CowleyThe Guardian: A Comedy Acted before Prince CharlesPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]Samuel Taylor Coleridge Abraham CowleyThe Works of Mr Abraham CowleyPrint: Book
1700-1799'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a...Samuel Richardson Abraham Cowley Print: Book
1700-1799'I am glad that Cowley takes his turn with you. Cowley has great merit with me; and the greater, as he is out of fashion in this age of taste. And yet I wonder he is so a...Susanna Highmore Abraham Cowley Print: Book
1850-1899'I devoured poetry and nothing but poetry until I became insensible to poetry. Take an example; I happened upon some fat volumes of Campbell's "British Poets", the comple...Thomas A. Jackson Abraham Cowley[poems complete works]Print: Book
1600-1699'At night home and supped; and after reading a little in Cowley's poems, my head being disturbed overmuch with business today, I to bed.'Samuel Pepys Abraham Cowley[poems]Print: Book
1700-1799'And here give me Leave to observe, that amongst the Ladies who have taken up the Pen, I never met with but two who deserved the Name of a [italics] Writer [end italics];...Laetitia Pilkington Abraham Cowley[Poems]Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include extract from Cowley's Essay No. 5 ('The Garden'), dedicated to John Evelyn, and opening: 'I never...Edward Morgan Forster Abraham CowleyEssay no. 5 ('The Garden')Print: Book
1700-1799'[Dr Johnson] expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd, for having published a mutilated edition under the title of "Select Works of Abraham Cowley". Mr. Murphy thought i...Mr Murphy Abraham CowleySelected WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'[Dr Johnson] expressed his disapprobation of Dr. Hurd, for having published a mutilated edition under the title of "Select Works of Abraham Cowley". Mr. Murphy thought i...Samuel Johnson Abraham CowleySelected WorksPrint: Book
1700-1799'The Simile to the rope Dancer in Prior's Alma is only a good Versification of Dryden's Thought in the preface to Fresnoy's Art of Painting. "Plac'd on the isthmus of ...Hester Lynch Thrale Abraham CowleyLife and FamePrint: Book
1700-1799'I love Johnson's Prose better than Addison's, I like the Dunciad beyond all Pope's Poems; I delight in Young's Satires & in Rubens's Painting, Cowley captivates my Heart...Hester Lynch Thrale Abraham Cowley Print: Book


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